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implication definition

implication

 

 
  Grep  of  noun  implication 
  implication 
  logical  implication 
 
  Overview  of  noun  implication 
 
  The  noun  implication  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  deduction,  entailment,  implication  --  (something  that  is  inferred  (deduced  or  entailed  or  implied);  "his  resignation  had  political  implications") 
  2.  (7)  significance,  import,  implication  --  (a  meaning  that  is  not  expressly  stated  but  can  be  inferred;  "the  significance  of  his  remark  became  clear  only  later";  "the  expectation  was  spread  both  by  word  and  by  implication") 
  3.  (1)  implication  --  (a  charge  that  implicates  someone  (usually  of  wrongdoing)) 
  4.  implication,  logical  implication,  conditional  relation  --  (a  logical  relation  between  propositions  p  and  q  of  the  form  `if  p  then  q';  if  p  is  true  then  q  cannot  be  false) 
  5.  implication  --  (a  relation  implicated  by  virtue  of  involvement  or  close  connection  (especially  an  incriminating  involvement);  "he  was  suspected  of  implication  in  several  robberies") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  implication 
  implicational 
 
  Overview  of  noun  implication 
 
  The  noun  implication  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  deduction,  entailment,  implication  --  (something  that  is  inferred  (deduced  or  entailed  or  implied);  "his  resignation  had  political  implications") 
  2.  (7)  significance,  import,  implication  --  (a  meaning  that  is  not  expressly  stated  but  can  be  inferred;  "the  significance  of  his  remark  became  clear  only  later";  "the  expectation  was  spread  both  by  word  and  by  implication") 
  3.  (1)  implication  --  (a  charge  that  implicates  someone  (usually  of  wrongdoing)) 
  4.  implication,  logical  implication,  conditional  relation  --  (a  logical  relation  between  propositions  p  and  q  of  the  form  `if  p  then  q';  if  p  is  true  then  q  cannot  be  false) 
  5.  implication  --  (a  relation  implicated  by  virtue  of  involvement  or  close  connection  (especially  an  incriminating  involvement);  "he  was  suspected  of  implication  in  several  robberies")



implication definition